Sport shirt or jacket



April 4, 1950 BRYANT 2,502,921

SPORT SHIRT 0R JACKET Filed 00th 1, 1948 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l ,4 f for/76g Apnl 4, 1950 F. w. BRYANT SPORT SHIRT OR JACKET Filed Oct. 1, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 awe/MM Frederic/r V14 Bryn/7i A zfforneg Patented Apr. 4, 1950 .sroa'r snm'r ORJKCKE'T F euerickw. Bryant-New yummy. Applicationoctober 1, 1948,"Serlal -No. '52,180

. 1 This invention relates apparel, and more particularly to an article of wearing apparel such as a sport shirt or. jacket. It is an object of the invention to provide a shirt or jacket adapted to be worn in conjunction with a scarf panel providing the effect of a single knot .Ascot tie, yet providing means preventing any possibility of the scarf working loose orlg'etting out of place, which is a common complaint against the wearing of a scarf. e. l

Another object of theinvention is to provide a shirt or jacket which can be worn either open at the throat for summer coolness and wide exposure, Or can be worn in- COnjllIlCtiOIlFWith a scarf; and in the latter instance, the panel functions in providing a dressy appearance, as well as concealing unsightly chest hairs.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shirt or jacket which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture, yet providing a garment of attractive appearance.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention will be apparent from the following description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a frontclosure-type shirt provided with a tab, and with parts broken away, according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view illustrating the use of a scarf panel with the shirt of Figure 1; v

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the front-closure-type shirt illustrating the position of the tabs when the shirt is worn open at the throat;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a modified shirt provided with a tab, according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a collarless shirt provided with a tab accordin to the present invention;

Figure '7 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the collarless shirt of Figure 6, illustrating the position of the tab when the shirt is worn open at the throat.

Referring in detail to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings, a shirt I!) is illustrated and comprises a front portion ll provided with a row of spaced buttons I2. A second front portion I3 is proto an article of wearing vided with an overlapping section l4 whichvhas aplurality'of spaced apertures l5 for the .reception therein of the complemental buttons ;.l2 when the shirt is being worn. The front portions H and [3 are shaped so as to define a cut-out or space [6 therebetween adjacent the top thereof. A tab 11 has one end secured, as by a suitable-stitching I8, to the top of'the -front portion l3 and is positioned beneath the projecting end 20 of the shirt collar. Theother end of the tab I1 is provided with a slot 2ifor the-reception therein of .a button 22 which is arranged under the .other.projecting end 23 of; the collar and is secured to the ,front portion H to thereby releasably secure the tab [1 when a scarf panel 24 is being worn with the shirt. In use, the scarf panel 24 is arranged so that its intermediate portion is trained around the uppermost chest button 25, shown exaggerated in Figure 3, and the free ends of the scarf panel 24 are passed through the space I 6 and swung under and over the tab l1 and allowed to hang outwardly and centrally against the front of the shirt. This method of wearing the scarf panel 24 has a strong appeal to scarf wearers, because it provides the identical effect as the single-knot ascot tie, yet prevents any possibility of the scarf working loose or getting out of place. In Figure 4, the tab I1 is folded back beneath the collar when the shirt is worn open at the throat.

Referring to Figure 5, a. shirt 9 having the construction described in my copending application, Serial No. 28,080, is shown provided with a tab 26 adapted to be used in substantially the same manner as the previously described shirt and tab. Thus, an overfront 21 is secured to the shirt 9 for coacting with the latter to receive therebetween the free overhanging ends of the scarf panel 24 when the latter is used.

In Figure 6, there is illustrated a collarless shirt 28 provided with an integral tab 29 which has one end projecting from the front portion 30 and its other end adapted to be releasably secured to a button 3! carried by the other front portion 32, there being a slot 8 in the tab 29 for receiving the button 3|. The tab 29 serves the same function as the previously-described tab ll of the shirt [0. When the collarless shirt 28 is worn open at the neck, the tab 29 and confronting upper corner, Figure 7, are tucked back under the respective front portions 30 and 32.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that.

extending through said space and trained over said tab.

2. In a shirt, the combination with'a pair. of

overlapping front portions adapted to be releasably fastened together and provided with a space" therebetween adjacent the top thereof, of a-buttonpositioned below said space and secured to said shirt, a tab arranged above said space an'd"extending between said front portions, a, scarf panel arranged in engagement with said button extending through said space and trained 'over said tab, and an overfront secured to the front portions of said shirt and coacting with the latter to receive the overhanging ends of said scarf panel.

3. In a shirt, the combination with a pair of overlapping front portions adapted to be releasably fastened together and provided with a space therebetween adjacent the top thereof, of a button positioned below said space and secured to said shirt, a tab arranged above said space and extending between said front portions, a scarf panel arranged in' engagement with said button extending through said space and trained over said tab,

and a collar carried by said front portions for normally covering the ends of said tab.

4. In combination with a shirt or jacket havingfront jportions adapted to overlap and button togethe along substantially the entire vertical cen ter' e thereof to an uppermost centrally posi-' tio button, the front portions widening and fqrr'riing an open unlapped relation to the t0pmost ;portion of the shirt or collar, adapted to be closed by a buttoning tab attached to and extending from the outer upper portion of one side of the garment front to the other, and a panel member removably attached to said upper portion of J..'the*ga'rment and so held in place by the upper 16,,

-' of the panel to pass between the unlapped area Offline garment fronts and swing under and over centrally positioned button as to permit the ends saidjtab closure to hang outwardly and centrally against the front of the garment.

FREDERICK W. BRYANT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date R 946,275 Reube Jan. 11, 1910 12,079,980 Anders May 11, 1937 2,281,984 Martiny May 5, 1942 i FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7,619 Great Britain of 1912 

